Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of ...

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of them, it remains unclear ...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the CD4 (T) cells, which ...

Groundbreaking flu transmission study reveals zero infections despite close contact between healthy volunteers and ...

Nearly half a million Americans visit the emergency room (ER) each year with a fast-spreading stomach bug called norovirus.

HPV is a common virus linked to cervical cancer. A doctor explains how it spreads and why timely vaccination and regular ...

While there’s no approved vaccine to prevent norovirus, some are in the testing phase. Researchers are using tiny 3D models ...

Plenty of people – about 1 in 3, according to some studies — feel bad for a day or two after they get a flu shot. The most ...

The concept of saline nasal irrigation, or bathing the nasal passages with a saltwater solution, is thought to have been ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising viral shortcut that turns moving cells into delivery vehicles for infection. Instead ...